104 – The Corpse Thief (3)
Unlike his younger brother Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes had his own sociability and was able to have social relationships even with indiscriminate others. Although he had abilities, he resembled his younger brother in essential aspects.
He clearly had a resemblance to his younger sister, who refused to form even the slightest relationship except with special people whom he acknowledged.
Because of his job, he had to have social relationships with the Queen, the Prime Minister, the Crown Prince, various ministers and politicians, but as the founder of the Diogenes Club, he naturally liked to be alone.
No, rather than saying that Mycroft Holmes liked this, it would have been more accurate to say that it was an unavoidable problem.
Human beings with something in common tend to act similarly.
Sherlock Holmes, who is seen as an idiot by everyone around him, gains meaning in life by obsessing over drugs, cigarettes, and James Moriarty, and James Moriarty, who would not have been surprised to end his life at any time due to the boredom of everyday life, commits crimes. Just as he was obsessed with his beloved student Holmes, Mycroft Holmes also had no choice but to remain in his own world.
Although he does not express it outwardly like his immature younger brother, the world of Mycroft Holmes was also full of goldfish, except for those like his younger brother.
He didn’t openly show disgust towards goldfish people like his younger brother, but humans and goldfish can’t communicate with each other.
Even on a regular basis, he would only have one housekeeper at his home. He was not short of money, as at a young age he was already a key government official and had created an unprecedented and unique profession for himself.
Because he did not refuse personal support for his social relationships, Mycroft always had enough extra money to take care of his nephews playing in his hometown or to take care of his beloved youngest son Sherlock whenever he had an accident. There was.
But for now, Mycroft had no choice but to personally carry his bloated body, make tea, and bring it to the living room.
Like Sherlock, his natural intuition was warning him and he had to let the maid go for a while.
Above all, the person waiting for him in the drawing room was a person of noble status in Europe.
“Thank you, Lord Mycroft.”
“I have reminded you several times, but I have never been knighted, Your Majesty.”
Mycroft corrected Florizel, Duke of Bohemia, who had been mistaken again.
Of course, in the eyes of this young Duke, it seemed natural for the Queen of England to give the title of Sir to someone who was in a position to personally take care of him and protect him.
No matter how fierce the Duke of Florizel was and who was burning with revenge for the death of his close friend, he was not so foolish or so emotional that he ignored the situation he was in.
No, on the contrary, I was able to think calmly in this absurd, even scary situation. There was a possibility of being next in line to the throne just because his older brother was still unmarried, and he could receive an education accordingly, but it was his education as a royal that paid off.
“Do you still think that the Suicide Club, M, those horrible thugs and the devil can come after me again?”
“… “I can’t give you a definite answer on anything, but safety is the most important thing.”
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“Not to mention that…… “Honestly, I’m a little disappointed with that great hunter.”
When the Duke of Florizel said something half-jokingly while sipping the tea that Mycroft had brought, Mycroft could only smile awkwardly.
As the duke said, in the parlor they were in, there was actually a snoring third party asleep, still drunk on opium.
If he weren’t hugging his old rifle like a lover, he would look like nothing more than an old man burning out the rest of his life in an opium den in the slums.
Who would think that old man was the great hunter Sir Alan Quartermaine?
The hunter’s reputation was such that even Duke Florizel of Bohemia had heard of it, so even if he did not show it, he could not help but be quite disappointed.
In the case of Microsoft, it was in an awkward position, so it could not hastily open its mouth. There was certainly a high possibility that he was a skilled hunter, but in fact, even Mycroft could not be sure because he had never seen Lord Quartermaine’s skills with his own eyes.
Instead, to divert his attention, Mycroft had no choice but to bring up his younger brother. In fact, he was still working with his own limbs as the detective that his younger brother had dreamed of.
As his older brother, he couldn’t help but have very delicate feelings.
As an older brother, I wanted to support the child in achieving what he had always dreamed of, and as a guardian, I wanted to leave the half-broken child as he was after the tragedy that happened to his parents when he was young.
But he had to be cool-headed. The current Mycroft Holmes was a civil servant working for Britain, and the Suicide Club incident in particular brought even him quite a shock.
He was in a kind of middle management position, so the necessary information had to be reported. What the Duke of Bohemia experienced, and the fact that he visited Scotland Yard in London and protested through the Bohemia Embassy, was a serious matter to anyone’s eyes, but was known through his younger brother.
Even though he couldn’t completely believe his brother’s hypothesis, Mycroft had to admit that something rotten was eating into the government’s heart.
Therefore, as someone who knew his brother’s abilities and believed in him, Mycroft Holmes opened his mouth.
“But now my younger brother is working for you. Your Majesty will soon bring satisfactory news. “I’m not saying this because he’s my younger brother, but I know his skills very well.”
“It seemed clear that she was a special lady.”
Duke Florizel first agreed to Mycroft’s words. He didn’t just do it because of the kindness of those who wanted to help him.
At first, it was a relationship that started simply out of regret, but he could tell that this was a fateful meeting.
Even if we couldn’t completely destroy those evil people, at least the guidance given by the Lord to find our friend’s whereabouts was clear.
The extraordinary appearance from the first meeting was unusual, but it was through Miss Holmes that we reached this point.
While he was quietly waiting for Holmes and about to sip his tea, hunter Alan Quartermaine, who was high on opium, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
For a very brief moment, less than a second, the experienced hunter felt something brought on by the animal’s sixth sense, and immediately stood up and shouted as he checked on his favorite comrade who had always been with him.
“Oh my gosh! It’s an attack! “Get away from the window immediately!”
Of course, the experienced hunter did not just shout. With a speed that would have been hard to imagine for an old man who had just been high on his opium, he literally lunged at Mycroft and the Duke of Florizel like a rhinoceros, pushing them to the ground and forcing them out of the window.
And right after that, Mycroft, who fell to the floor in panic and was about to ask the reason, saw that the window in his living room was completely shattered, and the teacup that had been on the table just a moment ago was completely smashed.
“This…” “What is this!”
“Shut up, hide, unless you want to be left alone! You guys, take cover! “Here we come again!”
Although he had a brilliant mind, he was so far removed from outside activities that he was naturally slow to act.
However, the experienced hunter grabbed the two men by the collar with incredible strength and threw them towards the door as much as possible, then threw himself in as well.
– Boom! Bang!
And at that moment, as if someone was throwing small bombs at regular intervals, Mycroft’s beloved drawing room began to be shattered here and there.
What was most frightening was that someone was shooting not just through the broken window, but through the wall itself.
“What… What’s going on! Sir Quartermaine! “Is it an attack by those demons?”
“Egh! Things these days are like, wow! I have a very bad habit of asking questions about things I see when I look at them! Look, are you still sniping with an elephant gun? Oh, back in my day, I didn’t have any tools to kill an elephant, so I just used an ordinary rifle! “These days, we’ve lost track of things and just rely on tools, huh!”
“The rent will rise again. “Are Sherlock’s guns not enough?”
“Kaaak, hehehe! Wow, I’m having trouble loading. By the way, he’s a great guy. I can’t use my shoulder because of the recoil, so why are you shooting so wildly with the elephant gun? “Are you a werewolf?”
“A werewolf sniper, it’s an odd combination that’s hard to imagine. By the way, can you stop him, Lord Quartermaine? “Personally, if the house gets damaged further, it will be difficult to pay the rent.”
The three men, including Duke Florizel who was embarrassed, Sir Quatermain who was spitting on the floor and loading his gun, and Mycroft, who asked calmly after calmly assessing the situation, kept their bodies as low as possible on the floor and talked while hiding. I had no choice but to share.
And the hunter Quartermaine blushed and shouted.
“I don’t know, you idiot! That guy is no ordinary guy now, he was like me back then, huh? Even when those vicious guys were hunting elephants, they didn’t just kill them for fun, they drove them away, huh?”
“…… “Are you deliberately not targeting us?”
“That’s what it was at first, Mycroft, you bastard! Of course it didn’t succeed in the first place because I was there, eh! Now he’s so angry that he shoots whenever he can. Still, the way he’s aiming makes him scary. Do you think I like opium for no reason? There’s a reason why adults do all of this – oh my! “This brat-headed bastard dares to speak out, so shoot him!”
The Quartermain was enraged by the bullet that narrowly passed over his head as if mocking his own words, so he quickly ran towards the window and took aim.
Of course, the location of the sniper firing the gun was not visible.
However, the experienced hunter calculated the location of the silently flying bullets using only sense and experience, and fired them in the direction of the sniper.
After a while, the barrage of bullets taunting them stopped, and after a while, Mycroft Holmes came out from cover and asked:
“Did you catch him?”
“No, it was too far away to begin with so I couldn’t get it right. Yes, you shouldn’t be so quick to criticize what adults do, Mycroft. What a scary guy. No… …. “Is it a woman?”
“A woman?”
“If you see that this bullet flies softly like a woman’s waist, it is more likely to be a b*tch. Just as a bullet hurts less if you hit it gently, a bullet is honest. Hey, you bastard! “Why are you looking at me with such a cocky expression even though an adult is talking to you?”
No matter how much he had just proven that Sir Quartermaine was a legendary hunter, even Mycroft Holmes could not control his expression at the moment due to the ridiculous and senile words, and the old man lost his temper.
‘There is an annoying liaison attached.’
Moran thought as he put away his gun.
Just now, the opponent narrowly hit the spot right below where you are. Moran didn’t think it was a coincidence.
She always tried to follow her master’s orders and always protect him, so she knew well how dangerous it was to let her guard down.
But I guess she was good.
I gave a light warning according to my master’s orders, so all I had to do was complete the hunt.
With those thoughts in mind, Sebastian Moran disappeared.
